News

• 13 February 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI meets the sick in St Peter’s on World Day for the Sick: “May it please the Lord to see that people in need never feel alone or abandoned, on the contrary, may they be assisted and helped to live sickness with human dignity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI meets with sick people in St Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the World Day for the Sick. At the end of a special Mass celebrated by Cardinal Camillo Ruini the Pope w ...
• 13 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Group of 70 lay people in Nan Chong diocese receive missionary mandate at the end of special Scripture Course Nan Chong (Fides Service) - At the end of a Course in Sacred Scripture in the parish of Peng An diocese of Nan Chong, in the south west Si Chun province of China, 70 lay people active in pastoral work in the local Church ...
• 13 February 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - “Solomon Islands is in Our Hands”: Caritas funds booklet in view of coming elections Honiara (Fides Service) - “The Catholic Church has commenced distribution of an election awareness booklet entitled, ‘Solomon Aelan Hemi Han Blong Iumi’. “The Pijin booklet has been produced to inform people abo ...
• 13 February 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission firmly condemns yet another attack on a Christian church and community Lahore (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan has issued a statement firmly condemning an attack on a Christian village in the district of Sialkot on 3 Februa ...
• 13 February 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In the present situation Mexico needs lay people to opt for the truth and the common good: Bishops call on Catholics not to give in the delusion or apathy Mexico City (Fides) - “Your task is to contribute with the values of the Gospel to the rebuilding of Mexican society and politics. This is the time for sharing and commitment, the time for faith, hope, presence and act ...
• 13 February 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - In Adelaide Cathedral 1.200 people gather for Mass on the World Day of the Sick : “May Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, health of the sick, place all mentally ill people in the world under her maternal protection Adelaide (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we implore Our Mother Mary, health of the sick, to place all mentally ill people in the world under her maternal protection, so that she may console them, enliven them, give them confidence and trust, strength and happiness” Cardinal ...
• 13 February 2006
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Unless this law is altered it will go down in history as one of the first in the world to authorise therapeutic cloning and open the door for reproductive cloning: Catholic Bishops voice serious concern with regard to proposed “Law on methods of assisted human reproduction” Madrid (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Spain have expressed serious concern with regard to a proposed Law on methods of assisted human reproduction to be discussed soon in Parliament. In a statement the Bishops ...
• 13 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Christ crucified and abandoned, the face of God who is Love and the way for humanity”: Encyclical “Deus Caritas est” focus of 30th spiritual Meeting for Bishop Friends of the Focolari Movement Rome (Fides Service) - The 30th spiritual Meeting for Bishop Friends of Focolari Movement started on 11 February at the Centro Mariapoli in Castelgandolfo, outside Rome. The meeting sponsored by Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, A ...
• 13 February 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Pontifical Mission Societies Germany respond to Kenyan Bishops’ anguished appeal to save starving people Nairobi (Fides Service) - People in north east Kenya are in danger of starving to death. In response to repeated calls for help from the Catholic Bishops of Kenya (see Fides 12/01/06 and 01/02/2006) the national office o ...
• 13 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Virus H5N1 strikes Africa. In the world so far 161 cases of human contagion, 86 mortal Rome (Fides Service) - Avian flu continues to spread: tests have confirmed cases of infected birds in Africa where the risk of a pandemic is serious. In a joint statement the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisat ...
• 13 February 2006
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Pope appoints new Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 13 February 2006, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay) Rev. Fr Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, SDB, Missionary in Angola, assig ...
• 13 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians open new youth centre for prayer and pilgrimage New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Salesians in Hyderabad, capital of Andra Pradesh, south east India have opened a new Youth Centre for Prayer and Pilgrimage. The Hyderabad Centre was inaugurated by Salesian rector major ...
• 13 February 2006
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “Wealthy nations must learn that helping poor countries facing flu outbreaks is not some form of charity. Such cooperation might allow an outbreak to be contained as rapidly as possible at its source and thereby benefit all mankind regardless of race or religion, wealth or nationality. Individuals who seek security in hoarding personal supplies of drugs should be aware that such self centred efforts are probably foolish at this time”. Professor Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., Chief Medical Advisor for Counterterrorism in the case of a bacteriological attack on New York, wrote exclusive article for Fides regarding a potential avian flu human pandemic. New York (Agenzia Fides) - A leading expert in tropical medicine who is observing the wave of avian flu in the world, Irish born Prof. Kevin M. Cahill, Health advisor in charge of anti-terrorism in New York City. Kevin M ...
• 10 February 2006
  VATICAN - Holy See Press Office declaration with regard to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Turkey later this year Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of the morning on 9 February the head of the Holy See Press Office Joaquín Navarro-Valls released the following declaration in Italian: “I confirm that the President of Turkey ...
• 10 February 2006
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - New rector appointed for St. Paul the Apostle major seminary in Tabora Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 January 2006 appointed rector of St Paulthe Apostle’s Major Seminary in the archdiocese of T ...